Nuts Magazine 25-31 March 2005 Jennifer Ellison Michelle Marsh SKU 1466

Original Nuts Magazine dated 25–31 March 2005, featuring Jennifer Ellison as the main cover model in a football-themed glamour shoot, with additional model and glamour content throughout the issue.

This is a strong mid-2000s Nuts issue for collectors, combining a substantial Jennifer Ellison feature with the retained 16-page “50 Fittest Footballers’ Wives 2005” special, plus further glamour, football, entertainment, motoring and television content.

Jennifer Ellison Cover & Feature

Jennifer Ellison dominates the front cover, photographed in a red cropped zip top and white bottoms while posing with a football. The cover promotes her as “Britain’s hottest footie fan” and advertises “Sexy New Pics!”

The opening contents spread confirms Jennifer as the main cover feature, again showing her in football-themed clothing while holding a football. The magazine describes the feature as new pictures of Jennifer and gives it prominent placement from the very beginning of the issue.

For Jennifer Ellison collectors, this is a particularly attractive issue because she is not simply a small cover mention — she is the clear principal model and theme of the magazine.

16-Page Footballers’ Wives Special

Importantly, the photographed copy still contains the advertised 16-page pull-out special:

“50 Fittest Footballers’ Wives 2005 – As Voted By You!”

The supplement is visibly present in the supplied photographs rather than merely advertised on the cover.

The photographed opening page uses a football-pitch style green background and a large collage of glamour photography. Later photographed pages show the countdown itself, including a substantial Michelle Marsh feature.

The issue therefore has extra collector appeal for buyers interested in 2000s glamour magazines, football culture and celebrity WAG-era material.

Michelle Marsh

One of the photographed pages from the special shows Michelle Marsh, identified as:

Rank No. 2

The page is a large-format glamour portrait with accompanying text relating her to footballer Will Haining. This is one of the clearest additional named model features visible in the supplied photographs and is why Michelle Marsh has been included in the title.

Magazine Contents

The contents photographs show a broad mixture of the material Nuts was known for during this period, including:

• Jennifer Ellison cover feature and new photo shoot
• 50 Fittest Footballers’ Wives 2005 16-page special
• Michelle Marsh feature
• Football’s Fittest Fans
• Real Girl Roadshow
• Bedroom Babes
• Cars including the TVR and Audi TT
• Gadgets and technology
• Johnny Vegas
• Marjorie Dawes / Little Britain material
• Chelsea football coverage featuring Joe Cole, John Terry and Frank Lampard
• Harry Redknapp
• Ashley Cole feature
• Colin Murray
• Ricky Gervais feature
• Football statistics and commentary
• TV listings
• Regular letters, jokes, reviews and other weekly features

This gives the magazine a particularly strong football / glamour crossover, very characteristic of British men’s magazines from the mid-2000s.

Issue Details

• Publication: Nuts
• Full Date: 25–31 March 2005
• Cover Price: £1.20
• Main Cover Model: Jennifer Ellison
• Additional Featured Model: Michelle Marsh
• Special Insert: 16-page 50 Fittest Footballers’ Wives 2005
• Language: English
• Format: Weekly men's lifestyle / entertainment magazine
• Era: 2000s

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible signs of normal handling and storage.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains bright, colourful and well presented overall.
• Some light surface marks and rubbing are visible.
• There is mild edge and corner wear, particularly around the lower corners.
• The spine edge shows some rubbing/handling wear consistent with age.
• Slight creasing and page curvature are visible in places.
• The front cover remains attached and appears structurally sound.
• Interior pages shown are generally clean, colourful and readable.
• The 16-page footballers’ wives pull-out special is visibly still present, which is an important positive for collectors.
• Interior supplement pages appear well retained with normal age-related handling.
• No obvious major staining or extensive writing is visible in the photographed areas.
• No major detached pages are apparent from the supplied images.
• Rear cover shows noticeable edge/spine rubbing and corner wear, including wear around the lower edge.
• Some minor scuffing and creasing are visible on the rear.
• Overall binding appears intact from the photographs.

Overall, this looks to be a good surviving collector’s copy with typical age-related wear, made considerably more desirable by the Jennifer Ellison cover feature and the retained 16-page 50 Fittest Footballers’ Wives 2005 supplement.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

SKU 1466